Meena's Taste Mantra

Onion Paratha | Indian Onion Flatbread

I tasted Onion Paratha for the first time in 2009 in Pune. I was on an official visit and was put up in a guest house. There we had a great chef who was kind enough to make for me food as per my requirements - less oil - no red chilli powder. This used to be served as breakfast and I just loved it. So made it a point to jot down the recipe from him! Traditionally this is a Rajasthani Cuisine and this has red chilli powder in it and is made with Ghee|Clarified Butter! Some how my system is not tolerant to this spice but can relish Green Chillies | Black Pepper! So when Amma makes this wonderful Onion Paratha, it is with Green Chillies!

Onions which are sweet add even more flavour to this wonderful Paratha. Amma loves onion in any form...so she was very glad to try this out and even more glad when Appa loved it too! From then, this is one option for Parathas which we love to make either as Breakfast | Lunch!

INGREDIENTS

2 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1/2 tsp Oil
1 tsp Jeera | Cumin Seeds
1/4 tsp Haldi | Turmeric Powder
1 cup Onion, finely chopped
3 Green Chillies, finely chopped
2 tblsp Fresh Dhania | Coriander Leaves, finely chopped
1 tsp Salt | To taste
For dusting, Whole wheat Flour
Oil, for paratha - you may also use Homemade Ghee | Clarified Butter

METHOD

In a non stick pan heat oil and add jeera, haldi.
When jeera splutters, add chopped onion and green chillies. Saute for a minute. Switch off the gas and transfer to a mixing bowl.
Add chopped dhania and whole wheat flour into the mixing bowl.
Add salt and and knead a soft dough. If required, sprinkle very little water for kneading. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, knead the dough again for about 2 minutes.
Divide the dough to 10 equal portions.
Roll out the paratha into 5" diameter thick roundels. Dust with the whole wheat flour while rolling the paratha.
Place the tava on the gas on high flame. Spread Oil | Ghee | Clarified Butter on the surface and when this gets hot, reduce the flame to medium.
Place the rolled Paratha on the hot tava..let one side cook for about 2 minutes. Flip to the other side. Gently drizzle very little Oil on its surface. Once both the sides have got golden brown spots, the Paratha is done. Continue similarly for the remaining parathas.
Serve hot with any Raita | Pickle | Homemade Butter | Curd.

We relished Onion Paratha along with Dal Dhokli and Basil Chutney. Hope you will love this wonderful Onion Paratha as much as we do! Do share with us your experience!

We have used:
1. Aashirwaad Select Sharbati Atta - Whole wheat

2. Tata Salt Lite

3. Borges Olive Oil Light

About C R Meena

(c) 2014 - 2016, Meena's Taste Mantra is the result of my ardent desire to share my recipes, with all who appreciate and celebrate food. These recipes are as a result of 60 years of cooking experience, influenced by tradition and exposure to various concepts, new recipes/ingredients and a passion for cooking - adapting to healthier alternatives.